Debt Enforcement & Management
    Dubai banks and international debt collection
    There is a common misconception, even among debt experts, that Dubai banks don’t have a legal right to collect debts in other countries. Unfortunately this is just not true.

    9 April 2021

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    Debt Enforcement & Management
    Calls for Sheikh Mohammed to save Russian cancer victim’s life.
    Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai has written a letter to Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, enclosing a heart breaking plea from Russian businesswoman Bika Magomedova.

    6 April 2021

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    Interpol & Extradition
    Dubai banks’ use of Interpol to extradite debtors from outside the country.
    Knowing that Dubai treats debt as a criminal rather than a civil matter, many expats who find themselves in unexpected debt trouble prefer to leave the country before they can be jailed.

    5 April 2021

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    Debt Enforcement & Management
    Desperate Russian cancer victim held hostage in Dubai over debt.
    Bika, 49 and a 25 year resident of Dubai decided to open a bakery in JBR, an upmarket area in Dubai.  Bika, originally from Dagestan in Russia, chose a commercial real estate agent called Salwan LLC, a subsidiary of Dubai Properties.This was not Bika’s first business (sh...

    25 March 2021

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    New Gulf in Justice Podcast Episode - The Case of Joseph Sarlak, Australian jailed in Doha by Qatari royal
    In this new episode, Radha Stirling interviews for the first time, Australian national Joe Sarlak, who has been detained in Doha for many years after being used as a scapegoat by the Qatari royal who was his local sponsor.  His sponsor had secretly looted Sarlak’s busine...

    4 December 2020

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    Bank´s debt collection and enforcement agencies outrage customers with cowboy style harassment
    "It is no secret that UAE banks have stepped up their efforts to enforce debts internationally and of course, there is nothing wrong with that.  The world is becoming smaller and people don’t expect that a simple relocation will alleviate them of their contractual obliga...

    30 November 2020

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